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2015

June 19, 2015

Selectmen Tax White Shark Merchandise

Susan Wilcox
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Amity selectmen announced Thursday a new tax will be imposed on all paraphernalia bearing the image The White Shark. Beginning July 1, all merchants will be required to pay an additional 2 per cent to the town for all items sold with the shark.

June 19, 2015

Real Estate Agents Report Rise in Waterfront Rentals

Ben Gardner Jr.
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It looks like real estate agents on Amity will have reason to smile again this summer: rentals for July and August are on pace to top last year's total of 16 — the highest in almost 30 years.
June 19, 2015

Marine Biologist Recalls Loss and Life Changes

Sean M. Kintner
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When Dr. Matt Hooper last saw Amity, it was from the deck of the ferry as it sailed toward the mainland. As he remembers it, the day was cloudy and unusually cold for late July.
June 19, 2015

Of Editorial Lessons and Legacies

Harry Meadows
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It is plain to me that I, Harry Meadows, will be recalled as the newspaper editor who, having learned of the killing of a woman swimmer a week before the start of the summer season, told the chief of police: "There won't be any story about the attack in the Gazette."